Presents a chronological history of Native Americans detailing significant events from ancient times and before 1492 to the present.
Native American History is a breakthrough reference guide, the first book of its kind to recognize and explore the rich, unfolding experiences of the indigenous American peoples as they evolved against a global backdrop.
With emphasis on the tribes in North America, uses the art and artifacts of various Indian cultures to illustrate events affecting their history from earliest times through 1973.
1542: Juan Rodríguez 1545: A typhus epidemic Cabrillo, the first European to explore California, brought to California by the Europeans kills many claims it for the Spanish. thousands of natives. In general, California tribes did not ...
Everybody knows that before Europeans arrived on the shores of North America, it was the American Indians that dominated the continent.
This comprehensive, illustrated reference is designed for students seeking information on important people, places and events. Special features include an annotated bibliography; tribal chronologies; introductory essay surveying Native cultures, history...
A brief historical background of the people who first discovered and lived in the Americas, called American Indians or Native Americans Many of the things you were told in school, don't even come near the truth.
A chronological history of the North American Indians with a selection of illustrative documents, appendices, and bibliography.
The reference work places perspectives on the similarities and differences of the struggles of various Native populations to deal with the consequences of the arrival of the Europeans.
W. H. Ashley, with two keelboats of supplies, are attacked by Arikara Indians but escape. A number of Smith's men are killed, including Reed Gibson and John Gardiner. Hugh Glass writes Gardiner's parents, “the deth of yr Son whbefell at ...
... Thunder is elected President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, beating out Indian activist and actor Russell Means for the position. 2005 ARTS, lhe first annual ... Charles Chibitty (b. 1921), 83, was one of a group of ...